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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
644 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
WVZ015-016-018-072315-
CALHOUN WV-ROANE WV-KANAWHA WV-
644 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA AND SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
EDT...
AT 644 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CLENDENIN, OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SISSONVILLE, CLENDENIN, AMMA, LEFT HAND, LOONEYVILLE, TARIFF, WALTON,
AND GANDEEVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 32, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 35 AND 36.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 114.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3864 8105 3859 8110 3845 8140 3848 8170
3857 8159 3861 8152 3862 8153 3877 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 242DEG 24KT 3852 8144
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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